βέβηλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βέβᾱλος (bébālos) — Doric

Etymology

From a reduplicated version of the root of ἔβην (ébēn), the aorist of βαίνω (baínō, “to go”), +‎ -λος (-los).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bé.bɛː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.be̝.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβe.βi.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈve.vi.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈve.vi.los/

Adjective

βέβηλος • (bébēlos) m or f (neuter βέβηλον); second declension

allowed to be gone through
1. permitted, allowed, public
not holy; uninitiated [+genitive = in something]

Inflection

Second declension of βέβηλος; βέβηλον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βέβηλος bébēlos	βέβηλον bébēlon	βεβήλω bebḗlō	βεβήλω bebḗlō	βέβηλοι bébēloi	βέβηλᾰ bébēla
Genitive	βεβήλου bebḗlou	βεβήλου bebḗlou	βεβήλοιν bebḗloin	βεβήλοιν bebḗloin	βεβήλων bebḗlōn	βεβήλων bebḗlōn
Dative	βεβήλῳ bebḗlōi	βεβήλῳ bebḗlōi	βεβήλοιν bebḗloin	βεβήλοιν bebḗloin	βεβήλοις bebḗlois	βεβήλοις bebḗlois
Accusative	βέβηλον bébēlon	βέβηλον bébēlon	βεβήλω bebḗlō	βεβήλω bebḗlō	βεβήλους bebḗlous	βέβηλᾰ bébēla
Vocative	βέβηλε bébēle	βέβηλον bébēlon	βεβήλω bebḗlō	βεβήλω bebḗlō	βέβηλοι bébēloi	βέβηλᾰ bébēla
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	βεβήλως bebḗlōs		βεβηλότερος bebēlóteros		βεβηλότᾰτος bebēlótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(passable): βᾰτός (batós)

Derived terms

ἀβέβηλος (abébēlos)
βεβηλότης (bebēlótēs)
βεβηλόω (bebēlóō)
βεβήλωσις (bebḗlōsis)

Descendants

→ Mingrelian: ბებელი (bebeli, “dog's feces”), ბებელუა (bebelua, “to desecrate”)

References

“βέβηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“βέβηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
βέβηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G952 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- profane idem, page 653.
- secular idem, page 747.
- unconsecrated idem, page 911.
- unhallowed idem, page 920.
- unholy idem, page 921.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βέβηλος (bébēlos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈve.vi.los/
Hyphenation: βέ‧βη‧λος

Adjective

βέβηλος • (vévilos) m (feminine βέβηλη, neuter βέβηλο)

profane (one who treats sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn)

Declension

Declension of βέβηλος

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	βέβηλος •	βέβηλη •	βέβηλο •	βέβηλοι •	βέβηλες •	βέβηλα •
genitive	βέβηλου •	βέβηλης •	βέβηλου •	βέβηλων •	βέβηλων •	βέβηλων •
accusative	βέβηλο •	βέβηλη •	βέβηλο •	βέβηλους •	βέβηλες •	βέβηλα •
vocative	βέβηλε •	βέβηλη •	βέβηλο •	βέβηλοι •	βέβηλες •	βέβηλα •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο βέβηλος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο βέβηλος, etc.)

βέβηλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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Adjective

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